Can't Win For Losing-Little Brother

[ti:Can't Win For Losing] [ar:Little Brother] [al:Get Back] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Can't Win For Losing - Little Brother [00:04.24]Woo Uhh Illmind; aiyyo man [00:08.90]I don't know what the f**k [00:10.38]They thought this was gon' be y'knahmsayin but [00:12.25]It's like it's like y'knahmsayin [00:14.14] [00:15.16]When you be sittin back listenin to sh*t like this [00:17.29]Y'know you start takin inventory [00:19.16]Like I know niggaz is boppin and sh*t [00:20.46]I know niggaz is feelin it but like yo [00:22.28]This is what I been through in the past year [00:23.90]This is where I'm at with my sh*t now yo listen [00:25.94] [00:26.97]I used to do it for the fans [00:28.86]'Til I realized that they'd never understand [00:30.28] [00:31.08]What I was feelin as a man fickle as Trav' Bickle [00:33.91]They either hatin you or they they'll stand [00:36.06]Then I said I'd do it for my fam [00:38.11]'Til I realized that they didn't give a damn [00:40.12] [00:40.66]I stepped out of they comfort zone [00:42.49]Now I can't step can't step inside my mother's home [00:45.06]Situation so nuts [00:45.81]So much for tryin to be a man [00:48.26]Then I said I'd do it for the props [00:50.32]'Til I realized that the props always seem to stop [00:53.40]When niggaz can't keep you all to theyself [00:55.08]Take you home put you in they little box [00:57.05] [00:57.65]Then I said I'd do it for my city [00:59.49]'Til I realized that I shoulda been warned [01:02.35]I stepped inside the ring rockin my best apparel [01:04.94]Ma I own the sparrow but this torero [01:07.42]Couldn't take the bull city by the horns [01:09.73]So now I'm back on my me sh*t [01:11.76]Cause me and my team gon' make it do what it do [01:14.37]Had a long hard talk with my ni**a Jazzy Jeff [01:16.91]He said "F**k 'em 'Te do it for you " [01:19.22]So I'm doin it to [01:20.13]Lay up lay back in my room with a view [01:23.00]Wanna handle my biz on the low keep it respectable [01:25.58] [01:26.66]Make my music keep it professional [01:28.25] [01:28.99]I know you hate it what the f**k else is new [01:30.92]Oh - they say it's in the music [01:33.34]People turn they backs and your friends won't do sh*t [01:36.05]Feel like a ni**a can't win for losing [01:39.02]But they still can't stop the movement [01:40.65]Hey They say it's in the music [01:42.92]People turn they backs and your friends won't do sh*t [01:45.69]Feel like a ni**a can't win for losing [01:47.32] [01:47.91]But they still can't stop the stop [01:49.43]They can't stop the stop [01:51.30]They can't stop the - oh [01:53.22]I had to sit and assess [01:55.36]Why all my favorite groups is a mess [01:58.04]Then I'm like they probably split for the best [02:00.54]They had to make room for the rest [02:02.47]Now we on the brink of success [02:03.70] [02:04.26]Niggaz gettin praised by the press [02:06.28]Niggaz gettin backed by Qwest LB is the new conquest [02:09.45] [02:10.66]Throwback sound that's fresh oh yes [02:13.22]Everybody's hitched to the wagon best kept secret [02:16.47]Somebody leaked it inked with a major [02:19.30]Watch how they freak it [02:20.68]Gotta show the people we can keep it - tight [02:23.09]Deep down though felt somethin wasn't right [02:25.96]Gotta keep pushin despite [02:27.84]That everybody changed overnight [02:29.14] [02:30.01]When them numbers came back light [02:31.95]Now we outta mind outta sight [02:33.94]Me and 'Te still doin it RIGHT [02:36.83] [02:58.03]Yeah The great Sam Cooke sang to the world [03:02.56]"A change is gon' come" [03:04.68]I believe a change is here [03:07.31]The change is right now [03:10.07]I wanna give a shout out [03:11.88]To my people that helped me weather the storm [03:14.95]Y'knahmsayin my man Pretty Tony Uncle Joc O-Dash [03:20.27]We ride together forever my niggaz [03:23.74]Yeah